I don't bite you know... well, I do... but I'm not mean :D

Shout out to District 5, for this prompt. Shout out to Kittyistwix for continuing to be my volunteer beta person :D

Founder era

Helga Hufflepuff's POV

I settle into my seat and beam out to all the excited (and nervous) faces of our first group of students. So many of them would probably work great in my house!

I can see Rowena smiling and talking to Godric about the students. Salazar's not taking part in any conversation, after he voiced his opinion about muggle borns him and Godric have been very bitter towards each other.

Godric stands up and clears throat. 'Welcome, everyone, you must be very proud to be our very first year of students at Hogwarts?' he asked with a chuckle. Rowena beams at the name she had decided for our school.

'Now, I will be asking questions that will determine you as Gryffindors.' he stated and pointed to the long table, second to the left.

He began to ask questions that involved bravery, loyalty, courage, strength of heart, and stuff that he deemed worthy of his house. He would have the students raise they're hands if they would do that, or if they had it in them. He also asked questions in which no one in his house should do, so he was looking for those who didn't raise their hands (and did for the others)

He did a mental tally in his head, then one by one he would ask each of the students who raised (or didn't, if they shouldn't) a question, but not one that other would be able to hear.

Eventually, fifteen students were sorted into Gryffindor. We all clapped our hands and Rowena stood up.

'I will be asking questions, that will show me the wisdom of all of you, your intelligence will be important in my house,' she told them with a light smile.

She began asking all of them multiple choice questions. She walked up to those who answered most or all correctly and whispered a hard riddle into their ears, they had to say "a" or "b" for their answer.

Fourteen students were sorted into Ravenclaw. We clapped our hands and Salazar stood up when we were done.

'How many of you are ambitious?' he asked bluntly.

Almost all of the thirty remaining students raised their hands.

'Now, would you do anything to achieve those goals?'

Six hands went down.

'Unfortunately, would that include hurting, injuring, or possibly killing people to achieve those goals?'

Five hands went down. I count each of the hands that are still raised, nineteen.

'Two more questions,' Salazar started and looked at their eager faces. 'Are you pure blooded? Keep your hand raised if you are.'

A few students looked confused, so Rowena answered their silent questions 'Is your entire family magical, which includes your parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents, and anyone in that radar.'

Three hands went down.

'Do you approve of muggle borns? Lower your hand if you do.'

Three more hands went down.

'Thank you, those who still have their hands raised can sit over there,' he told them and pointed to the table on the far right.

Thirteen students were sorted into Slytherin.

I smile wide and say 'Congratulations, you are all worthy Hufflepuffs, and I look forward to teaching you!'

Seventeen students were sorted into my wonderful house.

I've always wondered how the first year of sorting worked? Because they didn't use the sorting hat, I know that much...

Hm... as you can see, I explained Salazar's questions a bit more. This is mainly because the prompt included Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin. It's also because Salazar wasn't very accepting of muggle borns and I wanted to write about that ^-^'

I counted up the numbers, according to me there were only fifty nine students the first year...

Heh. Anywho, leave me prompt if you'd like to! Any pairing, any plot, any word, any generation, any universe, anything~! I'm very open minded ^-^